Expanded business through the startup of a new plant in China and the acquisition of Performance Chemicals and Railroad Structures without increasing greenhouse gas emissions above 2012 levels. (Greenhouse gas emissions were reduced by 25 percent between 2012 and 2014.)

Received awards from BNSF Railway, Canadian National Railway and Union Pacific Railroad for excellence in chemical transportation safety performance.

Installed a reverse osmosis system at our Stickney, Illinois plant, projected to save $75,000 per year in energy costs